From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Charles Choi <kickingvegas@gmail.com>
Cc: Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: [RFC] Insert reference to Org table cell or cell range from region selection (w/without mouse)
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 09:51:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zfmzqezp.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <95CE1447-FC08-431A-9CA1-83B4C3F77BA7@gmail.com>
[ Changing subject line, so that the thread is registered as a proper request for comments ]
Charles Choi <kickingvegas@gmail.com> writes:
> I recently made a blog post describing a means of calculating an Org table reference from a selected text region or rectangle. I think this feature is compelling enough to put into Org itself and as such I am raising this idea with this group to gauge interest.
>
> This idea and its implementation are detailed in http://yummymelon.com/devnull/referencing-org-table-cells-with-text-regions.html
It would be nice if you summarized the feature request in a few
sentences in the email. The link may or may not be available for future
readers in 10+ years from now.
AFAIR, the idea is roughly the following:
1. Currently, users need to type table cell references manually in table
formulas:
#+tblfm: @1$2+@5$4
2. Manually counting cells is not fun
3. We do have M-x org-table-edit-formulas where you can use S-<arrow> to
change the existing cell reference, but it still requires having a
reference to start with
4. The proposed feature is inserting a cell/range reference from mouse
click/drag, as it is done in GUI spreadsheet apps (like Libreoffice calc)
> I'm happy to respond to any feedback on this idea here. Also to
> clarify, I'm much more interested in feedback for the idea and less so
> on its current implementation. It is my hope that if the idea of it is
> appealing enough, an optimal implementation can be made by this group.
As we briefly discussed during the meetup, I believe that we can
integrate mouse support into M-x org-table-edit-formulas:
- when in fedit buffer, clicking/dragging on the original table should
insert reference into the formula buffer
Your idea about a command to copy reference to cell/region at point also
makes sense (be it a context menu entry to a simple key binding/M-x command)
> ... an optimal implementation can be made by this group
I was hoping that you will be the person sending patches ;)
At the end, you were interested enough in the feature to write the blog
post. So, you are probably the most motivated as well.
--
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
Org mode contributor,
Learn more about Org mode at <https://orgmode.org/>.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-10-20 9:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-10-20 0:28 Request for comment: Adding feature to calculate Org table reference from selected text region Charles Choi
2024-10-20 9:51 ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2024-10-21 16:24 ` [RFC] Insert reference to Org table cell or cell range from region selection (w/without mouse) Charles Choi
2024-10-22 17:39 ` Ihor Radchenko
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